Verb (used without object) : Everything hinges on his decision. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : He hinged his action on future sales. From Dictionary.com.
Bank officials declined to comment on whether Mr. Fischer's acceptance of the new term hinged on the passage of the legislation. From Wordnik.com. [Fischer to Stay on at Bank of Israel] Reference
Windspire is on what they call a hinged monopole. From Wordnik.com. [Cleantech Blog] Reference
And here's some guy on some kind of hinged freak bike. From Wordnik.com. [Cultural Accessorizing: Are Banjos the New Bicycle?] Reference
Upon further reflection, I realized that he was probably never "hinged" in the first place. From Wordnik.com. [Column Left] Reference
It's hinged along the left hand side of the instrument. From Wordnik.com. [See-Through Piano Lid Transforms Performances] Reference
The sexier name for "rear-hinged back doors" is suicide doors. From Wordnik.com. [Car review: Vauxhall Meriva] Reference
At times he hinged the panels together, like a traditional screen. From Wordnik.com. [Pop Goes the Easel] Reference
Never has so much history hinged on a simple, boring power company. From Wordnik.com. [TURNING OFF THE LIGHTS] Reference
On a conventional front-hinged door, the wind forces the door shut. From Wordnik.com. [Car review: Vauxhall Meriva] Reference
Los Angeles officials say their success has hinged on a broader effort. From Wordnik.com. [Los Angeles Uses Light to Fight Crime] Reference
Plus, I knew that it all hinged on the relationship I had with their father. From Wordnik.com. [The Healing Power Of Conversation] Reference
The RAV4 is a good choice, but I don't like the right-hinged rear gate door. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Picks: Small SUVs, part 2] Reference
This week, her survival apparently hinged on her taking a bubble bath with Boobiac. From Wordnik.com. [Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: I, Boobiac!] Reference
“I hate the top-hinged preset buttons that force you to press lower on them.”. From Wordnik.com. [From the logbook: 2010 Chevrolet Equinox] Reference
Kovner, a First Amendment expert, told NEWSWEEK that the book deal hinged on two points. From Wordnik.com. [Sammy Vs. Son Of Sam] Reference
Such masks are often hinged to complete the illusion, the actor changing the face at will. From Wordnik.com. [The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo] Reference
The rudder and elevator flaps in modern practice are hinged to the after edges of the planes. From Wordnik.com. [British Airships, Past, Present, and Future] Reference
Bushisms, which I collected for many years, often hinged on a single grammatical or factual error. From Wordnik.com. [Palinism 101] Reference
But this flat cover easily unsnaps and stores out of site in the cargo floor in a hinged hideaway. From Wordnik.com. [2010 New York auto show: Nifty hiding spot in BMW 5 Series GT] Reference
What if the merit of a tradition hinged on its capacity to help us live out the wisdom it commends?. From Wordnik.com. [John Thatamanil: The Religious Wisdom of Authentic Self-Love] Reference
Instead, the trial hinged on a complex debate over the validity of the concept of repressed memory. From Wordnik.com. [Forgetting To Remember] Reference
We checked our Auto Test Center parking lot to find how many cars had such a double-hinged pedal. From Wordnik.com. [Gas-pedal inspection shows most do not pivot] Reference
In gardens many people have provided peanuts in special feeders which have a clear front and a hinged lid. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: Highlands] Reference
The concept is simple, the “case” holds your iPad like a screen and is hinged to a Bluetooth keyboard. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Dispatch: Google rolls out new look for search and mobile; Ellen gets in hot water with Apple] Reference
Manufacturers use mesh or fabric shields or hinged, molded footrests that raise and clamp over the leg holes. From Wordnik.com. [Strollers: 5 important safety features to look for] Reference
She felt as if a magician had sawn through her to the backbone, hinged her open, and scooped out the lower half. From Wordnik.com. [Jigsaw Magic] Reference
At Consumer Reports, we strongly caution parents about toy chests with hinged lids knowing the hazards they pose. From Wordnik.com. [Death of 22-month-old prompts recall of boat-shaped beds] Reference
Nissan got at least one thing right on the small, boxy five-door Cube: the side hinged rear door opens the right way. From Wordnik.com. [Nissan Cube—Getting inside the box] Reference
The recalled jewelry is shaped as a metal crown or frog pendant on a metal link chain necklace in a crown hinged box. From Wordnik.com. [Got this? Get rid of it!] Reference
If you have a toy chest, or any chest, with a free-falling hinged lid, the safest thing to do is remove the lid entirely. From Wordnik.com. [Target recalls 350,000 trunks after child badly injured] Reference
If you have a toy chest, or any chest, with a freely falling hinged lid, the safest thing you can do is remove the lid entirely. From Wordnik.com. [Death of 22-month-old prompts recall of boat-shaped beds] Reference
All other pedals checked in our lot were rigid, one-piece designs (see above), some hinged at the top, and some at the bottom. From Wordnik.com. [Gas-pedal inspection shows most do not pivot] Reference
But as a family car, I find the Element's rear-hinged doors a daily nuisance and cargo room is lacking with the back seat in place. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Picks: Small SUVs, part 2] Reference
The device is a hydraulic pump operated by a "hinged flap," where a large metal piece moves back and forth from the motion of the waves. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Dispatch: Amazon adds Kindle features; Ocean waves power Scotland] Reference
Other small SUVs imported from Japan with side-hinged doors have had doors that open to the right since they were first introduced in 1996. From Wordnik.com. [Nissan Cube—Getting inside the box] Reference
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